This is the only oatmeal muffin recipe you’ll ever need because it is so adaptable. Easily substitute ingredients, add toppings, add raisins, nuts, berries – basically you can use what you already have in your cupboards to make a super tasty and filling muffin.
I love these in the mornings when I’m running late (always) and get tempted to stop and get something to eat on the way to work. I’m trying to get in the habit of making a batch at the beginning of the week, and then freezing them so they’re always ready to go if i need one.
Oh oatmeal, you win, again.
How to Make Super Oatmeal Muffins- The Only Oatmeal Muffin Recipe You’ll Ever Need…
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk (almond, soy or rice milk works great too)
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats or 1 cup old-fashioned oats (off-brand works perfectly and they are no different from the name-brand)
- 1 egg (or 1/4 cup of mashed banana or 1 tablespoon flax seed mixed with 2-3 tablespoons of water)
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil or 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (or wheat flour)
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 425°f (220°c). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
- In a small bowl, combine milk and oats. Soak for 15 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, beat together egg and oil; stir in oatmeal mixture. In a third bowl, sift together flour, cinnamon, sugar, baking soda and salt. Stir flour mixture into wet ingredients, just until combined. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups until cups are 2/3 full.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15-25 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean.
The first time I made these I added mini chocolate chips just because they were in the cupboard and sounded good. I also love adding a brown sugar, cinnamon, and chopped walnut mixture to the center of the muffin. Spoon a bit of batter into the muffin tin, add a layer of the sugar and nut mixture and then top with the rest of the batter until the cup is just about full. It’s also tasty to use that sugary nut mixture on the top of the muffins. I like how these muffins are so easy to modify and how they can be healthy or not depending on what you’re in the mood for. Yay for baking!
Do you have a recipe that is always a “go-to” for you? One that is easy, healthy, basic, and easy to modify?
recipe adapted from food.com
16 Comments
I love this recipe and anything that falls into the category of things you can make with what you might have on-hand. One of my favorites for fall and winter is chili in the slow cooker. This recipe makes a lot and requires little planning if you keep beans and tomatoes in your pantry … and change everything else based on what you have. (Leave out the chicken and/or substitute with quinoa or whatever you’d like for a vegetarian version.) Sometimes we will also make some rice and stir it in. It probably costs me about $8 to put together a very full pot of this, which makes enough for dinner for two adults, twice and leftovers for one, for lunch, twice. Six meals for $8 is not bad.
http://allrecipes.com/personalrecipe/62861957/spicy-chicken-chili/detail.aspx
6 meals for $8 is great! love the chili in the slower idea. tasty, easy, and cheap = perfect.
Also, you never need to buy pancake mix again. I don’t know why, but people seem astounded at the idea that you could make them from scratch.
Plain Old Pancakes
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pancakes-i/detail.aspx
Oatmeal Pancakes
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/oatmeal-pancakes-ii/detail.aspx
thanks for sharing these recipe links!
Thanks for this recipe! I just made some with soymilk, whole wheat flour, and butter and added some dried cranberries, golden raisins, and sunflower seeds. They came out really well. I can only say I would either add more sugar or more fruit next time to give a little more sweetness. Thanks again, I look forward to exploring many more variations of this recipe! :D
Would love to hear about all the variations you make! It’s crazy how versatile the recipe is!
Another super easy muffin recipe:
1 can pumpkin puree
1 spice cake mix
1/2 cup oats
Bake at 350* for 15-20 minutes.
This is really adaptable as well. I add different spices every time I make it. Sometimes I drizzle a little honey on top to make them sweet and crunchy. With honey you have to turn the heat down 25* (honey makes baked goods brown faster)
That sounds great! Can’t wait to try it.
Hi from Quebec :) As a big fan of DIY, I really love your website!
And I really love the versatility of your recipe. A good friend of mine adds frozen rasberries and chocolate chips in her oatmeal muffins – the mix is really tasty! :)
Oh yum! Gotta try that combo!
OK< I'm so trying this recipe tonight! I need muffins for a brunch tomorrow and these will be perfect. Gonna try the walnut/br. sugar/cinnamon filling too—YUM!
Yum! Let me know how you like them!
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Great recipes!
I’ll look into that. Thanks for the feedback. I love hearing what you think!
A great recipe here. I added prunes, cranberries and walnuts for extra excitement. They went down a treat, a healthy treat!
Yumm!